I agree with Pan and Wil.
We are our own worst enemies. While we face very grave threats from the outside, and some looming docile (at the moment) giants are things to be heavily considered, they are not capable of obliterating our power as of yet.
However, as my favorite History Professor said:
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All Civilizations fall when they fail to meet three criteria.
1) A Country must be able to feed itself.
2) A Country must be able to reproduce itself.
3) A Country must be able to defend itself.
Forget the theory of corruption doomed the Romans, Rome had been corrupt since Romulus killed Remus (figuratively speaking of course). Rome crumbled because they could not keep the barbarians out of Rome. The Ottoman Empire did not fall because of corruption, they fell because they could not keep the European Armies out of the Ottoman Empire.
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So maybe we should alter the phrase to fully adapt to our situation. "We are our own worst enemies at this moment."